ESPN on Sunday premieres an unusual series whose host went way off the beaten path to get into TV sports. Chris Connelly will host a 10-part series of features, lasting eight to 10 minutes, that will air (and re-air) on various SportsCenter shows until July 23.

HBO's luck has run out. Once seen as a televised art house, thanks to series such as Sex and the City and Six Feet Under, HBO has discovered the downside of early success: You're expected to replicate it.

CBS' Grammy Awards, usually a reliable February event, managed just 18.8 million viewers and tied for seventh place for the week. That marked the special's lowest turnout since 1995 and a 28% plunge from last year. As it did to the Golden Globes last month, ABC's Desperate Housewives (22.3 million) beat the Grammys in the 9 p.m. ET/PT hour.

CSI: NY hit another record low Wednesday, falling to a third-place 12.2 million viewers behind Law & Order (14.3 million) and the second half of Alias' season premiere. CBS has pushed producers to lighten the tone of the series, a change first evident in tonight's episode.

Aloha, Hawaii. The Clubhouse doors are closed. And The Mountain is really a molehill in the ratings. So the networks begin the customary January ritual, deploying a crop of midseason replacements in the hopes they'll do better than fall's early casualties. USA TODAY's Gary Levin offers this look at newcomers (and some returning favorites) due in the coming weeks.